Tanith Lee book The Birthgrave
Book Two, Part I “Across the Ring”, Chapter 3 (p. 155)
The Birthgrave (1975)
“Otis barreled towards them empty-handed, before apparently realizing that a) he was empty-handed and b) charging towards a large body of water to fight a son of Poseidon was maybe not a good idea.”
Source: The Mark of Athena
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